10 Ways in 10 Days: Loopholes in Virginia’s Budget Foundation
Virginia, along with several other states, entered into a settlement with the banking industry over wrongful foreclosures of the homes of Virginia citizens. Of the $69,657,121 the ...
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10 Ways in 10 Days: Precious Metals vs. Healthy Kids
More than 1,350 of Virginia's most vulnerable children and their families could lose access to health care and social services as a result of cuts to CHIP of Virginia (Compreh ...
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10 Ways in 10 Days: Preserving Loopholes, Cutting Virginia’s Teachers
The Hanover County School Board has had to eliminate more than 88 full time jobs in Hanover County Schools because ongoing state cuts to education funding require localities to pi ...
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Shreve: A Primer on Debt and Deficits
Primer: Federal Government Deficits and Debt “The national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”—Alexander Hamilton, to Robert M ...
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Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell
The 12 (well 8) Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Regressive taxation On the second day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Underpaid teache ...
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Tax Breaks for Space Burial for the Wealthy, Education Cuts for Us?
The 2012 Virginia General Assembly session is upon us and it's clear that silly season has begun. You may have already heard that Delegate Terry Kilgore introduced legislation ...
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ProgressVA Awards Governor McDonnell “Turkey-of-the-Year” Honor
Award recognizes his use of budget gimmicks, cuts to education, public safety and social service programs, and refusal to take a balanced approach to Virginia’s budget defic ...
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Ehrenthal: The Dangerous Myth of Supply Side Economics
During the late 1940's and 1950s, a vibrant middle class developed in the United States. Manufacturing grew and prospered and so did the workers who were making a living wage and ...
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Surplus Smurplus: Staunton Residents Ask “Where’s the Surplus?”
Parents and teachers will gather Thursday in Staunton to collect school supplies for local schools and to call attention to previous cuts to education funding. Cuts in excess of 1 ...
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Cantor Intent on Downgrading Virginia
Virginia is one of five states that could lose its AAA bond rating thanks to the to the politcal theatrics of Rep. Eric Cantor and his refusal to raise the debt ceiling without dr ...
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